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Pvt Mutt Gino it's one thing to get busted but not near as bad to be busted by one of your own. Big guns on tracks,my kind of guy Keeping an eye on this beauty Tony lee
Gino it's one thing to get busted but not near as bad to be busted by one of your own.
Big guns on tracks,my kind of guy
Keeping an eye on this beauty
Tony lee
Tony.....its not busting..its covering fire!! Who better to help out than a brother.
Rounds Complete!!
"The Moral High Ground....A Great Place to Emplace Artillery."
Howdy Gino!
I fixed the title for you. Great work as always! About that Italeri M110 - how come you always seem to already have the Italeri goodies I'm looking for? Good thing is Italeri reissues M109 and M110 (A2 unfortunately) this year, so at last I'm going to mke a use of the parts you sent me (thanks again!) and maybe build my own M578 out of that M110. Good luck with your project and have a nice day
Paweł
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Very Nice!
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Thanks Andy. It is always good to have reinforcing fires in the area.
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deafpanzer Looking GREAT!!! Bet your friend redleg is all excited that you are moving much closer to his state New Jersey? Good luck with the move!
Looking GREAT!!! Bet your friend redleg is all excited that you are moving much closer to his state New Jersey? Good luck with the move!
You know how the artillery brotherhood is......we like to concentrate our firepower. We will be close enough to have overlapping fires. A styrene time on target coming soon....H hour is approaching!!
Andy
Yup, like I said, you can never have too much ammo.
I just finished building the DS T80 tracks. All those center guides took a while, but they look great. Very nice. Way better than the AFV Club indi-link (4-pieces per link ) T80 tracks. They suck and blow.
Ahhh....a good trip to the dump always feels good
At least you did not have to return open ammo
I corrected the rounds and canisters by removing the DODAC #s. They look just as good now and are correct for a Korean War howitzer.
Don't worry, I didn't need to save them as they were. I have a bunch of the AFV Club ammo sets. You can never have too much ammo.
More to follow in a few days. I sprayed a coat of OD paint on it tonight.
Those are some sharp looking projectiles Gino . Maybe keep them for another project ? Crisp looking scratch detail you have done . Get back with us when you can .
Thanks Bill. Yup, moving is always fun. Gotta love it.
The rounds and powder cans are fixed. I'll post an updated pic later.
Best of luck with the move Gino, that's always a fun exercise all by itself! The 8" conversion is coming along nicely, look forward to seeing it completed and in the dio.
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Gene and Ernest - thanks for the replies. I have wanted to do this one for a while. It has been fun so far. Sorry, I don't participate in group builds, esp. with the upcoming move. Time will be short for model building.
Mike, I thought that the rounds might have been off. I couldn't remember when the markings changed. I'll correct them as required. We Redlegs are known for our attention to detail. Guess I owe you some push-ups for missing that.
Great work Gino! I love it!
Gene
Gino - Nice work on the M43. Like the scratch ammo trays
Now as for the ammo......it looks great but......
The M43 dates back to Korea. I don't think the DODAC system was in place yet for ammunition marking. Most Korea ammunition would be marked the same as WWII. That would remove the number on the projo body and on the powder can. The current color and marking system came into effect around 1962 as I remember.
I know....I am a PITA, but I am one of the few people who would notice.
Looking good otherwise
Wow, that's looking really NICE Gino!! I love the conversion work you're doing on the base kit and the 8" rounds look amazing! Did you join the "Have Gun Will Travel II" group build? This would be perfect for it!
Ernest
Last Armor Build - 1/35 Dragon M-26A1, 1/35 Emhar Mk.IV Female
Last Aircraft Builds - Hobby Boss 1/72 F4F Wildcat & FW-190A8
I haven't posted any of my work in a while. Life has been taking over and I haven't had a lot of time at the bench. I will be moving to VA in about two months, so this will probably be my last build for a while.
I am currently working on converting the AFV Club M40 155mm howitzer into an M43 8" howitzer. It will eventually be a Korean War vehicle with Dragon DS styrene T80 tracks and placed in a small diorama to display it.
This is what it will look like when done.
AFV Club's M40 is really nice and well detailed. To convert it into an M43, you have to change out the barrel and rework the ammo and powder storage areas. I swapped the barrel out for an 8" barrel from an Italeri M110 kit, which will eventually become an M578 VTR, so it doesn't need the barrel. It is a direct fit onto the business end of the cradle.
I also reworked the ammo storage by making a new base plate out of the AFV Club ammo set wooden pallet for the 8" by combining one and a half together to make a rack for 8 rounds. I also made the upper retainer for the rounds out of sheet styrene with 8 corresponding holes for the rounds.
I also prepared a bunch of 8" rounds and powder canisters from the AFV Club ammo set for it. One is fused and the rest still have their shipping plugs in place. The decals are also from the AFV Club ammo set. They are very nice.
The basic M43 is ready for paint, so I will have an update in a few days.
More here.
Thanks for looking.
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